Below, Steve Kamb shares five key insights from his new book, How to Try Again: An Approachable Guide to Navigating Chaos and Making Change That Sticks. Steve is the founder of Nerd Fitness, an approachable fitness company that helps busy humans level up their lives. Since 2009, he has published research-backed essays and a weekly newsletter that explores failure, self-compassion, and making change that sticks. What’s the Big Idea? Failure is part of doing anything worthwhile, and every setback teaches us something we can use moving forward. Success comes from accepting reality, staying afloat when life gets hard, and pursuing goals…
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At a time when Hollywood needs a win, acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan is again betting on the experience economy. His epic masterpiece The Odyssey hits theaters today (Friday, July 17) and is already projected to break box office records. Let’s take a look at the numbers, what sets this film apart, and how this summer blockbuster fits into the big picture of the moviegoing experience. ‘The Odyssey’ by the numbers The Odyssey is based on the epic poem attributed to Homer and written in the 8th or 7th century BCE. The plot tells the story of King Odysseus’ 10-year journey…
Fully 70% of U.S. workers feel unprepared for today’s workforce. That’s not a data point you encounter and move past. It sits with you, especially when you’ve spent a career thinking about how learning works. What separates high performers today isn’t natural talent. The differentiator is how people use the brain science of learning to develop that kind of adaptable capacity, and how they’re starting to use AI to scale it. After earning my master’s degree in education policy from Columbia University’s Teachers College, I dedicated my career to understanding how people learn and how we can translate learning science…
When ships can’t make it through the Strait of Hormuz, the fallout goes beyond the price of oil: Nearly a third of the world’s fertilizer also passes through the corridor, coming from factories in countries like Qatar. Fertilizer prices have surged due to the Iran war—and added one more reason that food prices are going up around the world. Better technology could help. Right now most fertilizer is made using the Haber process, a technique developed more than a century ago that starts with natural gas. It’s a major source of emissions, and also a supply chain risk. Countries that…
If you’re a high achiever, you’ve probably been told—in various formats and with varying degrees of sincerity—to be kinder to yourself. Choose kindness. You are enough. For most, that advice likely lands somewhere between mildly irritating and completely useless. This has nothing to do with who you are. It’s a problem with how mainstream self-compassion is being taught without considering the state or pace of the world. The dominant narrative assumes that self-compassion is a feeling you can simply decide to access, a kind of internal tone adjustment. For people who have built their careers (and identities) on performance, output,…
Most companies say they’re invested in their people. Yet many employees experience something different. According to the TalentLMS Skills Visibility Report, four in 10 employees say it’s easier to find a new job elsewhere than a new role within their own company. That finding points to something larger than the state of the job market. Too many organizations struggle to see and activate the talent they already have. Here’s what I believe is at the root of it: Companies don’t have a talent shortage, but rather a talent visibility problem. As CEO of Epignosis, the parent company of TalentLMS, I’ve…
When we installed a new furnace in a rental property, the city’s mechanical inspector told me it didn’t pass code due to how the natural gas line was run. I started to argue—I know the code—but challenging building inspectors is often counterproductive, whether on the current project or the next. Plus, I’m conflict-averse. Fortunately, I remembered an approach Amanda Ripley calls “productive conflict” in her book High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out: Instead of arguing, I should reframe disagreement as curiosity. Instead of arguing, I said, “I didn’t realize that. Can you walk me through what’s…
In June, Apple previewed its next major iOS update, iOS 27, which will become widely available for supported iPhones in September. As with all major iOS updates, installing the new operating system feels like getting an entirely new smartphone without having to buy one. With iOS 27, your existing iPhone will have more features, refinements, and tools. And, good news, you don’t need to wait until September to get iOS 27 on your iPhone. Anyone can download the iOS 27 public beta, which Apple released this week. If you want to put iOS 27 on your iPhone today, here are…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Founders often assume weak conversions indicate a problem with their offer or traffic source, when the real issue is usually a handful of fixable website mistakes that quietly push visitors away. Fixing these mistakes doesn’t require a full redesign or a six-figure agency retainer. It requires an honest look at your site through your customer’s eyes, not your own. You can run ads, post content daily, build a solid social following and still watch your conversions flatline. I’ve seen it happen to smart founders repeatedly. They pour budget into getting…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Most applicant tracking systems don’t automatically reject resumes based on content or formatting. The actual filtering happens when an exhausted human recruiter runs out of time and stops reading. Hiring has two visibility problems: volume and poor communication. While volume is hard to solve, companies can improve the candidate experience now through clearer timelines, acknowledgment and transparency. What’s really happening in modern hiring isn’t a software problem — it’s what occurs when organizations optimize so hard for their own needs that they ignore what the process feels like for applicants.…